David J. Cynamon

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David J. Cynamon is a partner at the law firm Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman and represents the four remaining Kuwaiti prisoners detained in the U.S. military base in Guantanamo Bay.[1]

Cynamon is a senior litigator with more than 30 years of experience in complex civil trial and appellate litigation, including class actions, corporate merger and acquisition litigation, commercial product liability cases, nuclear energy litigation, employment discrimination cases and insurance subrogation and defense actions.

He has tried or argued jury and non-jury cases in federal and state courts in the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, California, Illinois, Colorado and Arkansas. Cynamon also has briefed and argued appeals in most of the federal appellate circuits. [2]

David received his bachelor of arts from Brown University and his Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School.

Cynamon is a lead counsel in Al Odah v. United States, a petition on behalf of a Guantanamo captive.[1]

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  1. ^ "Lead Petitioners' Counsel in Guantanamo Habeas Cases", Center for Constitutional Rights. Retrieved on 2008-06-09. 

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